Pat Robertson: Okay to Divorce Alzheimer's-Afflicted Spouse

Says memory-killing disease is a "kind of death"

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Pat Robertson, founder and chairman of the Christian Broadcasting Network, says it is okay to divorce an Alzheimer's afflicted spouse.

Updated at 7:48 AM EST on Thursday, Sep 15, 2011

"'Til death or Alzheimers do us part" seems to be the marriage vow TV pastor Pat Robertson embraces these days.

The one-time Republican presidential candidate, chairman of Christian Broadcasting Network and host of TV's "700 Club" told his audience that divorcing a spouse with Alzheimer's is justifiable because the disease is "a kind of death." The reverend's green light came when he was asked what advice a man should give to a friend who began seeing another woman after his wife begaqn suffering from the memory-sapping disease.

"I know it sounds cruel, but if he's going to do something, he should divorce her and start all over again, but make sure she has custodial care and somebody looking after her," Robertson said.